Category Archives: Outdoor Fun
2010/01/11
Challenge and Opportunity, Community, Education and Skill Building, Events, Fibromyalgia, Friends, Health, Lifestyle, Local Resources, Lupus, MLWT, Networking, Oregon, Outdoor Fun, Portland Metro, Resources, Self-Care, Social Support, Sports & Fitness, Targets, Washington
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It seemed like a good idea at the time.
I picked out a beautiful 2000 piece puzzle of Neuschwanstein Castle in Germany for my mom this year for Christmas. It has been years since I did one and......
2009/10/06
Advocacy, Books, Community, Events, Local Resources, Lupus, Outdoor Fun, Portland Metro, Resources, Social Support, Sports & Fitness, Washington, Western
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A quick note for all of you who will be in the Seattle area on October 17th :
The LFA Pacific NW Chapter will be hosting their annual Mad Hatter Walk N Roll for Lupus event on that day at Magnus......
2009/09/01
Announcements, Books, Challenge and Opportunity, Chronic Illness, Events, Lupus, MLWT, Oregon, Outdoor Fun, Problem-focused, Self-Care, Social Support, Sports & Fitness, Targets, Washington
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We are beginning a group chat today about the book by Tina Vindum (2009) entitled Outdoor Fitness. You might wonder why, especially for us Oregonians, we are going to cover a book like this as......
2009/08/28
Advocacy, Announcements, Autoimmune Diseases & Syndromes, Coping, Education and Skill Building, Local Resources, Lupus, MLWT, Oregon, Outdoor Fun, Research, Resources, Social Support, Targets, Washington
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So you are probably groaning right now and understandably so – lame title, I know. However, it fits what has been going on here and I will explain a little about the silence in my postin......
We all know about the ‘healing’ properties of music. Especially for us with chronic illness and pain, music can act as a way to transport ourselves out of our present when things get too ......
2009/01/13
Announcements, Behaviors and Patterns, Challenge and Opportunity, Coping, Events, Health, Holidays & Socials, Local Resources, Lupus, MLWT, Oregon, Outdoor Fun, Resources, Self-Care, Social Support, Strategies, Stress Mgmt, Targets, Washington
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Okay, I’ve finally hit the #1 personal secret that is needing purged in order for me to get my tail end into gear for 2009. I’m anxious to finish this assignment for a couple of rea......
I have been struggling lately with a feeling of paralysis.
It started with the weather keeping me at home staring at a desk piled high with things to do. Then, as the Christmas season’s s......
2008/11/18
Autoimmune Diseases & Syndromes, Coping, Fibromyalgia, Health, Holistic, Lupus, Oregon, Outdoor Fun, Strategies, Stress Mgmt, Targets, Washington
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With the Pacific NW winters come the damp, cold rains and anyone with lupus (or other autoimmune diseases such as Scleroderma, Fibromyalgia or Rheumatoid Arthritis) knows how aggravating those w......
I just want to follow up on the lupus walk this past weekend and send a big thank you to all who contributed, participated, coordinated and made having lupus a little more visible to the Portla......
2008/06/23
Behaviors and Patterns, Chronic Illness, Coping, Education and Skill Building, Lupus, Oregon, Outdoor Fun, Self-Care, Social Support, Stress Mgmt, Washington
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How often have you heard others, some well-meaning and some not, say that you need to look more on the “brighter side of life”?
There is a great deal to living with lupus, or any illness, than ......
